There are many examples of educational resources which are openly licensed. There is no single website that describes all the open resources available. The links on this guide are examples of some of the more well-known OER platforms.
Mason OER MetafinderMason OER Metafinder (MOM) can search in real-time, simultaneously across 22 different sources of open educational materials. It searches well-known OER repositories such as Merlot, OASIS, Open Textbook Library, OpenStax and OER Commons.
MERLOT is an online repository of OERs to support teaching and learning. It provides access to online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers. MERLOT allows a search to be filtered by peer review, editor review, license type, accessibility, and other evaluative criteria.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources - you can search, browse, and evaluate resources. It offers a comprehensive infrastructure for curriculum experts and instructors at all levels to identify high-quality OER and collaborate around their adaptation, evaluation, and use to address the needs of teachers and learners. There is an option to search the curated collections.
The Open Research Library (ORL) is planned to include all Open Access book content worldwide on one platform for user-friendly discovery, offering a seamless experience navigating more than 20,000 Open Access books. This vital infrastructure is slated to comprise the most comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed Open Access books accessible for everyone.
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. Simultaneously search almost 100 OER and open access repositories for a mix of open access and openly licensed textbooks.
